Posts tagged ‘exercise’

April 12, 2012

Reuse This Line

I was going through a draft of a book I’ve been working on, which I then left lying around on my desk. One line from the draft is visible from underneath the pile of papers now above it:

Go back to bed, Violet.

If I were a different writer, writing a different story, that line could lead to an entirely different story with different characters, plot and motivation. Why don’t you take the line and work it into your own story? See where it takes you…

February 13, 2012

Image Prompt

Although this looks like a tsunami, the waves are actually clouds.

Things are not always as they appear…

Use this image (from yahoo news) to inspire a short story or a poem.

January 26, 2012

Seven Word Prompt

Write a story and make sure to use all of the following seven words somewhere in it:

GRAVE

WATER

WIRE

READINGS

ECHO

GARDEN

INVENT